lf Of Lee Maschmeyer
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Contraction error: Caledonia
Hi Keith,
I would agree that braille should be written according to _all_ the rules,
not some of them. I'm no expert
Hi Keith,
I would agree that braille should be written according to _all_ the rules,
not some of them. I'm no expert on rule numbers and such, but I do remember
a rule that said a contraction can straddle a syllable boundary when going
from an unaccented syllable to an accented one, which was t
Is it possible that the term "primary syllable boundary" means transitioning
from an emphasized syllable to a non-emphasized one, but not vice versa?
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:06 AM
To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Contraction error: Caledonia
Hello Keith,
You think you're a braille nerd? You should have seen the first time
Hello Keith,
You think you're a braille nerd? You should have seen the first time I wrote
this message! :-)
If we accept your contention that the e-a sign in Create is an error, then
NLS would have to revise virtually every one of its Web Braille books and
presumably at least the vast majority
erd, but I hope this helps.
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Contraction error: Caledonia
Actually, a
Actually, a contraction can cross a syllable boundary when going from an
unaccented to an accented syllable; hence the contraction in "create."
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Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Contraction error: Caledonia
[quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2007/08/24 at 09:28 -0400]
Hi:
>Very much to my surprise, Caledonia should use the e-d sign:
The problem is a rule in the table which says that "ed&qu
[quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2007/08/24 at 09:28 -0400]
Hi:
>Very much to my surprise, Caledonia should use the e-d sign:
The problem is a rule in the table which says that "ed" in the middle of a
word, when followed by "o", shoudn't be contracted. This certanly looks like a
flawed rule, b
